The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-04-30

Pleasant Grove, 9th District. The farm
ers are back with their work, with few exceptions.
Some still sowing oats, and others are prepar-
ing to plant corn soon as the weather will permit.
Mr.. Amos Osborne, who lives one mile from
Fairview Station, has been very unfortunate this
spring with his stock. He has six or eight head
of horses, old and young, all of which have had
epizootic and some of them are very sick yet,
but we hope they will soon recover sufficiently to
be put to work as Mr.. Osborne is getting terribly
back with his farming operations.
Mr.. j. D. Osborne, brother of the above, lost a
very fine colt short time ago from the same dis
ease, but fortunately for him it did not spread
among his other horses.
Mr.. VIM. Myers was burning lime the first of
last week, and some time during the night he
heard something going across the fields and max
ing a very queer noise that he became frightened
and was rather inclined to make tracks for the
house, though he will not own it. Perhaps he
thought that wild animal had gotten away from
one of the lower counties and was about to pay
him visit.
Mr.. A. C. Tawney the auctioneer, cut his hand
severely few days ago. which gives him great
deal of pain.
There will be memorial services at Dover M. E.
Church Sunday, May LIST, in memory of the
Rev. T. R. Marsh, of the Baltimore M. E. Con-
ference, who died the first of January. The Rev.
S. N. Afford will preach the sermon.
The public school of this community is in
a fourishing condition. Mr.. Frank T. Newbee,
the teacher, taught here fifteen years ago, at
which time he had six scholars at the beginning
of the quarter; but he opened this term with some
forty three or four, increase of nearly forty
over the number he had fifteen years ago. Some
of his scholars are getting up in years. Among
them is the superintendent of our Sunday school,
a young man of great pety. Mr.. Newbelle man
ifests great interest in his school and endeavors
to render his teaching profitable to all.
The temperance question is being discussed by
the Methodist prohibitionists Of this community.
At Pleasant Grove Church society was organized,
called the Unconstitutional Amendment Associa-
ton" 1t was organized in January, with about
forty members, but it has been growing constant
ly and now numbers upwards of ninety. They
hold public meetings semi-monthly, and these
meetings thus far have been attended with great
interest. The executive committee, which con-
sists of Mr.. VIM. II. G. Harvey, Miss May Havl-
land and Miss Irene Fowble, endeavOr to provide
an interesting programme for each meeting. Mr..
NJ. M. Haviland, the president, is man who be-
lieves in pushings things. lie stops for nothing
short of sickness or death. for few more like
him Among those who have taken part are Miss
Ida B. Myers, Misses Title and Ella Nolte, Miss
May Haviland, Miss Irene Fowble, Miss Mary
King, Mrs. William Byerly, Miss Lizzie Harvey
and Messrs Elisha H. Gill, Frank T. Newbelle,
Rev. B. N. Wooden, J. T. Marsh, Frank King,
Wm Shaeffer and Others The singing is gener-
ally conducted by Mr.. VIM. II. g. Harvey, grand
son TO Mr.. John X. Harvey, formerly Sheriff of
Baltimore county. So you see we are alive and
kicking in the upper end of Baltimore county.
We intend to keep you better posted of affairs
TRANSMITTING here. We believe as far as the tenn
perance question is concerned that we are gaining
ground. j.